General information
There are several types of warships, almost one per different type of mission or task. Among the many the Frigates are the most versatile: they are suitable for air defence, anti-submarine warfare and surface warfare. Generally these ships have a length of about 130 m and a crew of 150. The vessels are lightweight, fast, highly manoeuvrable and they are often equipped with a large propulsion power.
There are several types of warships, almost one per different type of mission or task. Among the many the Frigates are the most versatile: they are suitable for air defence, anti-submarine warfare and surface warfare. Generally these ships have a length of about 130 m and a crew of 150. The vessels are lightweight, fast, highly manoeuvrable and they are often equipped with a large propulsion power.
Services & Activities
For the development and optimisation of frigates an integrated approach within MARIN is applied that fits with the mission based optimisation that is required for these special vessels.
Frigates sail at high speeds should accelerate quickly and must have a limited acoustic, magnetic and radar signature.
MARIN is involved in the development of the hull form optimisation, propeller design, prevention of cavitation and noise&vibrations.
The seakeeping performance of these vessels is very important since frigates must be able to operate in all wearther conditions. They must be able to maintain high sailing speeds in extreme weather. MARIN verifies the stringent demands on the manoeuvrability and investigates the seakeeping performance, roll stabilisation, the motions and the loads.
The Nautical Centre MSCN offers training of the crew and the simulations of special situations.
The Trials & Monitoring Department is involved in full-scale measurements of ship performances, cavitation observation, pulse and loads measurements.
For the development and optimisation of frigates an integrated approach within MARIN is applied that fits with the mission based optimisation that is required for these special vessels.
Frigates sail at high speeds should accelerate quickly and must have a limited acoustic, magnetic and radar signature.
MARIN is involved in the development of the hull form optimisation, propeller design, prevention of cavitation and noise&vibrations.
The seakeeping performance of these vessels is very important since frigates must be able to operate in all wearther conditions. They must be able to maintain high sailing speeds in extreme weather. MARIN verifies the stringent demands on the manoeuvrability and investigates the seakeeping performance, roll stabilisation, the motions and the loads.
The Nautical Centre MSCN offers training of the crew and the simulations of special situations.
The Trials & Monitoring Department is involved in full-scale measurements of ship performances, cavitation observation, pulse and loads measurements.
Facilities & Tools
Frigates are tested in the following MARIN facilities:
Frigates are tested in the following MARIN facilities:
- Deep Water Basin: resistance and propulsion tests
- Seakeeping and Manoeuvring Basin: seakeeping and manoeuvring behaviour
- Deep Water Basin: cavitation, noise and erosion observation.
Frigate behaviour is numerically assessed by SURSIM, RAPID, PARNASSOS, DESP, SHIPMO, WASCO and FREDYN. details in these tools can be found here
Most recent Frigate papers presented by MARIN:
(complete overview of papers can be found under Publications)
(complete overview of papers can be found under Publications)
Comparison of manoeuvring simulation programs for SIMMAN test cases
Toxopeus, S.L. and Lee, S.W., SIMMAN 2008 Workshop on Verification and Validation of Ship Manoeuvring Simulation Methods, 2008
Static and dynamic effects of rudder - hull - propeller interaction on fast monohulls
Jurgens, A.J., FAST 2005 The 8th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation, 2005
Free-surface viscous flow computations for KCS and 5415 models using the PARNASSOS code
Starke, B., Ploeg, A. van der and Raven, H.C, CFD Workshop Tokyo, 2005
Random Waves and Capsize Probability Based on Large Amplitude Motion Analysis
Jan O. de Kat, Dirk-Jan Pinkster (MARIN) and Kevin A. McTaggart (DREA), OMAE Conference, Oslo, 2002
Finding the hull form for given seakeeping characteristics
Kapsenberg G.K., Proceedings IMAM 2005, 26-30 September, Lisbon, 2005
Toxopeus, S.L. and Lee, S.W., SIMMAN 2008 Workshop on Verification and Validation of Ship Manoeuvring Simulation Methods, 2008
Static and dynamic effects of rudder - hull - propeller interaction on fast monohulls
Jurgens, A.J., FAST 2005 The 8th International Conference on Fast Sea Transportation, 2005
Free-surface viscous flow computations for KCS and 5415 models using the PARNASSOS code
Starke, B., Ploeg, A. van der and Raven, H.C, CFD Workshop Tokyo, 2005
Random Waves and Capsize Probability Based on Large Amplitude Motion Analysis
Jan O. de Kat, Dirk-Jan Pinkster (MARIN) and Kevin A. McTaggart (DREA), OMAE Conference, Oslo, 2002
Finding the hull form for given seakeeping characteristics
Kapsenberg G.K., Proceedings IMAM 2005, 26-30 September, Lisbon, 2005
Most recent Frigate articles written for MARIN Report:
(complete overview of articles can be found under Publications)
(complete overview of articles can be found under Publications)
Contact
For more information on how MARIN can help your organisation with questions regarding Frigates, please contact:
the MARIN navy team at navy@marin.nl
For more information on how MARIN can help your organisation with questions regarding Frigates, please contact:
the MARIN navy team at navy@marin.nl